MARBLE HALL: Eight people, including five officials attached to the Marble Hall Driving Licence Testing Centre, a driving school owner and an alleged runner, appeared in court on Monday in connection with an alleged cash-for-driver’s licence corruption scheme. The accused face charges of fraud and corruption following an investigation by
LIMPOPO: Three suspects allegedly linked to the illegal distribution and sale of an examination paper have been served with court summonses following a decade-long fraud investigation in the province. The breakthrough was secured by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation team in Musina, which traced the suspects to Tshilamba, Khubvi and
POLOKWANE: A 44-year-old man Thomas Maahlo has appeared briefly at Mankweng Magistrate’s Court on Monday for the murder of his girlfriend on Saturday. Police reported that a 37-year-old security officer at the University of Limpopo died after allegedly being struck on the head with a hammer by her boyfriend at
Police have urged women in and around Kempton Park to exercise caution and avoid walking and jogging alone as detectives investigate the deaths of four women whose bodies have been discovered in the area since July. The fifth body was found in Olifantsfontein today, Monday morning, 14 September, adding to
Parkweg police are looking for a white Toyota Quantum with six suspects, five coloured males and one female, who kidnapped a 23-year-old male in McHardy Avenue, Brandwag, and robbed him of his belongings. According to the victim, he was waiting for public transport in McHardy Avenue when the minibus stopped,
Two men, aged 30 and 32, have been arrested in connection with an alleged knife-point robbery in Thabong. The arrests were made by members of the Welkom Anti-Gang Unit during crime-prevention operations after police received information about the suspects. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), the robbery was
Three men have been arrested in Braamfontein after Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) Tactical Response Unit (TRU) officers recovered a stolen Toyota Vitz and a signal-jamming device. The officers were on patrol along Smith Street when they conducted a vehicle status check through their reaction channel. The Toyota Vitz was
A man has been arrested in Block 1, Thulani, Snake Park, Soweto, after Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) Tactical Response Unit (TRU) officers found two suspected signal-jamming devices and three two-way radios at a property. The arrest followed information received by officers while they were conducting crime-prevention patrols in the
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has established a multidisciplinary task team to investigate the deaths of four women whose bodies were discovered in and around Rhodesfield, Kempton Park, over about two months. The decision follows what detectives described as concerning similarities between the cases, including the locations where the
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has issued a final demand to Medicare24 Tshwane District, a company owned by businessman Vusimuzi “Cat Matlala, for approximately R14.2 million in outstanding taxes, according to the Sunday Times. The demand, dated in May, reportedly gave the company 10 business days to settle the
